witch

Definitions

vwitchcast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something

nwitcha being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil

nwitcha female sorcerer or magician

nwitchan ugly evil-looking old woman

nwitcha believer in Wicca

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Additional illustrations & photos:

OPENING OF THE WITCH-HUNTING SEASON

The witch holds a bowl of food for the boy

The witch and the wolf running

The witch speaks to Ball-Carrier, who is lying on a platform

The witch and her snakes

The Witch

Pinkel brings the witch's lantern to the king

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Interesting fact:
The word witch comes from the word "wicca" which translates to the "wise one."

Witch(Geom) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.

nWitchA cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.

WitchA Wiccan; an adherent or practitioner of Wicca, a religion which in different forms may be paganistic and nature-oriented, or ditheistic. The term witch applies to both male and female adherents in this sense.

WitchAn ugly old woman; a hag.

WitchOne who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; -- said especially of a woman or child.

WitchOne who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; -- now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well."There was a man in that city whose name was Simon, a witch .""He can not abide the old woman of Brentford; he swears she's a witch ."

Witch(Zoöl) The stormy petrel.

v. twitchTo bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant."I 'll witch sweet ladies with my words and looks.""Whether within us or without
The spell of this illusion be
That witches us to hear and see."

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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Interesting fact:
The mother of famous astronomer Johannes Kepler was accused of being a witch

nwitchA modified and simplified form of a Jacquard attachment to a loom, for a more limited range of work; a dobby or index-machine.

nwitchA person (of either sex) given to the black art; a sorcerer; a conjurer; a wizard; later and more particularly, a woman supposed to have formed a compact with the devil or with evil spirits, and to be able by their aid to operate supernaturally; one who practises sorcery or enchantment; a sorceress.

nwitchAn old, ugly, and crabbed or malignant woman; a hag; a crone: a term of abuse.

nwitchA fascinating woman; a woman, especially a young woman or a girl, possessed of peculiar attractions, whether of beauty or of manners; a bewitching or charming young woman or girl.

nwitchA charm or spell.

nwitchA petrel: doubtless so called from its incessant flight, often kept up in the dark.

nwitchA water-witch.

nwitchThe pole, pole-dab, or craigfluke, a kind of flatfish.

witchTo bewitch; fascinate; enchant.

witchTo work by charms or witchcraft; effect, cause, or bring by or as by witchcraft.

nwitchThe witch-elm, Ulmus montana.

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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary

Interesting fact:
Joan of Arc was actually burned alive as a witch in 1431, and only considered a saint in the 20th century. (Them folks must be pissed to hear that)

nWitchwich a woman regarded as having supernatural or magical power and knowledge through compact with the devil or some minor evil spirit: a hag, crone: :

v.tWitchto bewitch, to effect by means of witchcraft

nWitchwich the common wild elm—also Witch′-hā′zel

nWitchwich (coll.) a fascinating young girl

nWitchwich (Shak.) a wizard

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Quotations

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew were to be divided: 1. That dear old soul; 2. That old woman; 3. That old witch.”

Thomas Szasz

“In the past, men created witches; now they create mental patients.”

Idioms

Colder than a witch's tit - If it is colder than a witch's tit, it is extremely cold outside.

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